Clasp.



No. 739,477. I

UNITED STATES- Patented September22, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS s. BENNETT, or ATTLEBoRo';MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To THE D. F. BRIGGS COMPANY, or ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,477, dated September 22, 1903.

Application flled September 19, 1902. Serial No. 124,007. (No model.)

19 gether. or used to be clamped to articles of r '1 tion.

wearing-apparel and serve as the support of articles connected with the same. As heretofore constructed such clasps depended on the use of a spring or springs for their opera- Such springs require to be of thin material and soon lose their resiliency. I

- The objects of my invention are to cheapen the construction and secure the firm and posi-' tive locking and operation of the device without. the use of a spring.

To this end the invention consists in the v peculiar and novel construction more fully set forth hereinafter.

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My improved clasp consists of three parts, each stamped up from sheet metal in suitable dies.

Figure 1 is a front and an edge view of the escutcheon of the main part of the clasp. Fig. 2 is a front and an edge View of the operatinglatch. Fig. 3 is a plan and an edge view of the clamping-lever. Fig. 4 is a front view of the completed clasp. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 6 is an edge view showing the parts in the unlocked position, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the parts in the locked position.

In the drawings, a indicates the'front plate of the clasp, and a at arms extending from the front plate and provided with the pivots a? and a The front plate is ornamented with raised designs stamped on the face of the plate, whereby rigidity is secured.- To the perforated pendant at any article may be secured. The clamping-lever b has the broad plate 6, bent inward at the lower end to form the rib W. The upper part b of the lever has the holes b which fit over .the pivots a on the arms a, and" the stops 6 The curved part b of the lever terminates in the stop end N. The operating-lever c has the thumbpiecec at one end and the pivot-holes c at the base of the curved opposite end 0 pivot-holes c fit over the pivots a The parts may be readily assembled, the spring or resiliency of the metal facilitating the insertion of the pivots into the respective holes. When assembled, thebent end 0 of the operatinglever c rests on the stop b of the clampinglever, the lower end of which is removed from the front plate a, which allows for the inser-- tion of parts of the garment, as is shown in Fig. 6. When new the lever c is swung on its pivots, the curved end 0 acts on the curved end b of the clamping-lever to swing the same on its pivots into the position shown in Fig. 7 locking the clamping-lever and firmlya and a of the clamping-lever I) provided with the rib b the stop b the curved part 11 the stop end 5 and the pivot-holes b the operating-lever c, thethumb-piece 0 having the pivot-holes c and the curved end o as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence'of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS S. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER,.Jr.

The

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 739,477, granted September 22,1903, upon the application of Thomas S. Bennett, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Clasps, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 82 the Word having should be stricken out and inserted after the words and reference letter operating-lever a, same line and page; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of October, A. D., 1903.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 739,477. 

